Paint-vehicle and process of making same.



UNIT %TATE% PAENT QFFIGEQ WILLIAM I. BAKER, 0E DECATUR, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORTO ERLE B. BELDEN, OF

DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

PAINT-VEHICLE AND PROCESS OF MAKING SAME.

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. forms an effective ingredient in mixing paints, making the paint spread easier, mini mizing the effect of heat and not peeling readily, and also reducing the cost of production.

My composition consists of a mixture of petroleum, drier, and fusel oil mixed preferably in the following proportions; 96 parts of petroleum; 3 parts of drier, composed of 2 parts of natural asphaltum, and 1 part of gum anime; and 1 part of fusel oil.

These ingredients are placed in a tank or receptacle which is within a larger tank so that it may be surrounded with water. A suflicient quantity of waterlis heated to the boiling point and poured into .the larger tank, so as to surround the smaller tank, and subject. the contents thereof to a gradual heating, a suitable cover being placed over the large tank. In the gradual heating the Wax in the petroleum is fused or dissolved,

' and the ingredients are heated to form the oil. A greater amount of heat would result in the formation of gas, and the possibility of explosion.

This process produces a composition which forms an admirable and effective vehicle for paint pigments forming an easy spreading paint which is not readily affected by heat,

and does not peel ofl or deteriorate easily.- The expense of the ingredients and the pro-' duction is reduced toa minimum.

I have specified one method of heating the mixture but it is to be expressly understood 4 that various other methods may-be utilized, such as running hot water or steam through coils. of pipes located in the receptacle in which the mixture is placed.

Specification of Letters, Patent. Patented Sept, 1%, 1918, Application field June 25, 1917. Serial No. 176,774. I

What I claim is: I 1. A composition of matter including petroleum, natural asphaltum and gum-anime,

and fusel oil.

2. A composition of matter including 96 parts of petroleum, 2 parts of natural asphaltum and 1 part of gum anime, and 1 part of fusel oil.

3. The process of making a vehicle for paints and the like consisting in subjecting a mixture of petroleum, drier andv fusel oil to the heat of a body of water at approximately the boiling point.

,4. The process of making a vehicle for paints and the like consisting in mixing a large proportion of petroleum with a small proportion of drier, and a smaller proportion of fusel oil, and subjecting the mixture to the heat of a body of Water at approximately the boiling point. 7 5, The process of making a vehicle f0 paints and the like consisting in mixing a large proportion of petroleum with a small proportion of drier, and a smaller proportion'of fusel oil, and subjecting the mixture to the heat of a body of water at approxi-- mately the boiling point, said mixture being placed in a closed receptacle positioned within a larger receptacle containing the heated water.

6. The process of making a vehicle for paints and the like including mixing 96 parts of petroleum, 2 parts natural asphaltum and 1 part gum anime, and 1 part of iigsel oil, placing the mixture within a recep acle surrounded by a body of water initially heated to the boiling point, the gradual heat of the mixture causing the proper evaporation and fusing of the ingredients.

7. The process of making a vehicle for paints and the like, consisting in subjecting a mixture of petroleum, drier and fusel oil to heat at approximately the temperature of boiling water.

8. A paint vehicle including a comparatively large quantity of petroleum and a comparatively small quantlty of drier composed of natural asphaltum and gum anime.

WILLIAM I. BAKER. 

